ViPER

[Krumlink]

ViPER
Versatile Programmable Experimental Robot

ViPER is not done as of now, but I do have The Motherboard (18F4620) and the LCD board done. I am working on finishing the Motherboard and the Motor Driver board. I had to do some repair on my LCD's Backlight, as the pins themselves were not working, so I had to make a jumper cable for it.

Picture overview and explanation:
001: Overview of the entire ViPER system.

002: Motherboard, with a great picture you can read the PIC

003: LCD board with pot to adjust the brightness.

004: Fixed LCD put into socket.

005: entire system again.

More stuff soon.

 

[Pommie]

It looks good, very neat. Have you managed to get "Hello World!" on the LCD yet?

BTW, you need to learn how to resize pictures. Posting 2000x1500 pictures is not a good idea.

Mike.

 

[Krumlink]

lol oops! I have gotten a LCD to display pretty much hello world and accept a button input.

 

[mvs sarma]

lol oops! I have gotten a LCD to display pretty much hello world and accept a button input.

005.jpg shows that the contrast pot needs adjustment.

 

[Krumlink]

In what way?

 

[mvs sarma]

In what way?

the photo shows ' all black squares" is it not? perhaps a lttle reduction of contrast level would hep see characters!!!

 

[Krumlink]

Oh, it has no programming in it as of yet. That is the LCD's blank startup/im on state.

 

[Krumlink]

I have been working on the Power supply and the motor board. Hope to be done by tonight or tomorrow.

 

[mvs sarma]

I have been working on the Power supply and the motor board. Hope to be done by tonight or tomorrow.

Hope to see your works soon, Krumlink.

 

[Gayan Soyza]

Nice little design.I see your soldering & construction methods increasing more & more when comparing with your earlier ROBOTS.

Neatness is an requirement so you can troubleshoot them very easily.........Your new plug & play method is really nice.

Keep it up the good work.

 

[Krumlink]

I finished the motor board using a 100watt inverter running off a 12V18AH battery. No pics as of yet.

 

[Krumlink]

Still looking for my darn camera cable. Dunno where it is.

 

[Krumlink]

Found the USB Mini cable. My sister stole it and decided to hide it in her laptop bag. pfft.

Anyways, Here is the completed ViPER, ready for a robot.


0014: Indeed, what is Willis talking about.
006: Entire ViPER, as of now. More modules soon.
007: Newly completed Motor controller, SN754410 with caps for 5VDC and motor supplies, and one of the capacitors are orange!